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William Fitz Thomas of Horton. Fitz Thomas William King and Justices. William requests...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/116/5753

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Reference
SC 8/116/5753
Date
[1293]
Description
Petitioners
William Fitz Thomas of Horton.
Name(s)
Fitz Thomas, William
Addressees
King and Justices.
Nature of request
William requests grace and remedy as when he was in the king's peace in the wood of Tyrley on the business of Eyton, Fitz Ralph and Forester came and by Hopton's order took him to Hopton in Tyrley and there he was detained, and subsequently they took him and beat and wounded him.
Nature of endorsement
Pledges for the prosecution: Richard de Telworthin; John le Hayward.Pledges for Walter de Hopton: Richard Sweteman of Blore; William Eynonn of the same.Robert Fitz Ralph and Thomas le Forester of Tyrley have nothing in my bailiwick.Failed to prosecute.Let them be taken to be here on Thursday after Ash Wednesday.Presented in Pirehill.
Places mentioned
Horton, [Staffordshire]
Tyrley, [Staffordshire]
Heyebrokelegh [unidentified], [Staffordshire]
Blore, [Staffordshire]
Pirehill hundred, [Staffordshire].
People mentioned
Walter de Hopton
Robert Fitz Ralph
Thomas le Forester of Tyrley
Peter de Eyton
Richard de Telworthin
John le Hayward
Richard Sweteman of Blore
William Eynonn of Blore.
Note
This is clearly a stray plaint from the Staffordshire eyre of 1293, the other plaints for which are now in JUST 1/1553 (with further strays elsewhere). The eyre took place between 7 and 22 January 1293 in Lichfield, and 27 January and 25 February 1293 in Stafford (D. Crook, Records of the General Eyre, p.176). The events recounted took place in 1288, and this is one of five identical complaints about these events (see also SC 8/92/4594, SC 8/115/5750, SC 8/116/5751-2). It was presumably presented at Stafford, given the reference to Ash Wednesday on the dorse.
Related material

For an identical petition from a different petitioner see SC 8/92/4594

For other similar plaints from the Staffordshire eyre of 1293, see JUST 1/1553

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 4163
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150427/

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